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NOVEMBER 2011 |
| 11/13 |
BEADS BY DESIGN OPEN HOUSE
The weekend of Nov 18-20 is the Beads by Design Open House. As a
part of that event, SF invites members to make beads for the Beads of
Courage kids. |
| 11/13 |
MARGARET ZINSER CLASS - MARCH
Margaret Zinser will be teaching a class "Bugs & Mazes: Sculpting &
Enamel Painting" at Southern Flames in March. There will be
information about the class and this wonderful bead artist at the
meeting. If you want a preview
click here and if you
want a spot in the class print out a
registration form
and bring your check to the meeting.
Spots will go quickly because only one class is currently planned
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| 11/13 |
TOOLS FOR TORCH TIME
Southern Flames is asking members who may have duplicate or unused tools
to donate them to our Torch-time area. This is the place at Beads
by Design with torches that SF Members can rent. The donation of
tools will make it easier for new beadmakers who have not yet purchased
tools, or don't know what to purchase, to work. |
| 11/13 |
DEMOPALOOZA
Our annual Demopalooza event (Jan 24-25) in which we have multiple
guest and member demos over a two day period is in the process of being
planned and there is lots of excitement about it. Keep your ears
and eyes out for more information - at the meeting; on our website; and
perhaps on Facebook too. |
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SEPTEMBER 2011 |
| 9/28 |
BEADS BY DESIGN
CLASS SCHEDULE
The class schedule for October and November at Beads by
Design is now available on their website.
Click
here to go to their home
page. Classes are listed by month on the bottom left. BBD
offers classes in Beading, Lampworking and Metalsmithing.
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| 9/28 |
NORCROSS ART FEST.... MORE
We have just learned that Diane Kovach and Donna Myrick
will also have a booth at the festival and will be showing their new
Steampunk Jewelry and Repurposed coats. Make sure to check them out when
you are there.
Oct 1
& 2 – 2011
Saturday 10am – 6pm
Sunday 11am – 5pm
Historical Downtown
Norcross
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| 9/26 |
NORCROSS ART FEST
Oct 1-2, Norcross will have an Art Fest with 170 artists participating
including Sylvie Lansdowne who doesn't usually do outdoor
festivals. Its a great chance to see her wonderful work so stop by
her booth.
Click here for more info. |
| 9/26 |
CABOCHON MY CABOCHON
Karen Barefield will be teaching a class at FlameTree
Glass on how to make cabochons on special cabochon mandrels.
Learn how to make round, square and hexagon cabochons. The class
will be held on
Sep 28 Wed 5-7pm Fee: $50.00 Go to
www.flametreeglass.com
for more info and to register. FlameTree is located in Roswell at
470 S. Atlanta St.
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| 9/15 |
BOC VIDEO Check
out this beautiful video from Jean Baruch's visit at Scottish Rite.
It was made by CBS News.
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7143083n |
| 9/15 |
SANDY SPRINGS
FESTIVAL DK Designs (Diane Kovach and Donna
Myrick) will have a booth at the Sandy Springs Festival to be held
on Sat Sept 17 (9AM - 7PM) and Sun Sept 18 (11 AM to 5 PM).
Click here for directions and details. |
| 9/15 |
CLASSES AT FLAMETREE
Three Southern Flames Members will be teach classes at FlameTree Glass.
Click here
for directions to FlameTree and additional class details.
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Karen Barefield will
be teaching a Cabochon class using the flat topped mandrels at
FlameTree on 9/28 from 5-7 pm
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Marcy Lamberson will
be teaching three classes at FlameTree.
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10/4 "Wicked Witch" 5-7 pm,
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10/5 "Black Cat" 5-7 pm and
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11/5 "Holiday Bobbleheads"
11/5 all day
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Margo Knight will
demo a Halloween bead on October 6 at FlameTree Glass 6-8 pm..
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MARGARET ZINSER
Internationally known beadmaker Margaret Zinser will be teaching classes
for Southern Flames in 2012 - March 22-25. There will be
lots more details about this class so look for them. If you are
interested in her work this is the address of her website:
http://www.mzglass.com/about/gallery |
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AUGUST 2011 |
| 8/31 |
9/3 BEADS OF COURAGE DAY
Come by
FlameTree Glass between NOON and 6PM to make a few beads for the BOC
kids, visit with friends and have a look at the Beads in Space from the
Endeavor Mission. It is a good time to meet Jean Baruch who
founded and heads of the BOC program in hospitals all over the US. |
| 8/31 |
UPDATE:
SPACE BEADS
EXHIBIT 9/2
The
Beads in Space tour will be coming to Scottish Rite Hospital on
Friday, Sept 2. The
celebration will be in The Zone at Scottish Rote from 3:30 to 5:30pm.
Please come by to meet the Beads of Courage kids and families. |
| 8/31 |
BBD SEPT CLASSES/SYLVIEBEADS
The class schedule for September Classes at Beads by Design is now
available on their website.
Click
here to go to their home
page. Classes are listed by month on the bottom left. BBD
offers classes in Beading, Lampworking and Metalsmithing.
And don't forget that in September Sylvie Lansdowne will be
teaching 3 beading classes at Beads by Design on Sept 17,18 & 19.
Springalicious; Enchanted Blossom Earrings
(below).; Florette Flora
Bracelet Boom
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| 8/10 |
BEAD & BUTTON Each
year Bead & Button selects 2-3 Master level Instructors - usually one in
Beading, one in Lampwork and one in Metalsmithing. The 2012 the
Master Lampwork Instructor is Jen Geldard who will be teaching here in
October. So sign up now for an amazing teacher and what will
be an amazing class.
Click here for
Class Details and the
Registration Form. |
| 8/10 |
SF POSTCARD
The 2012 SF Postcard has just been posted on our Home Page. Such a
beautiful job - many thanks to Valerie Stickles for doing the
photography, Jennifer Fisher for the layout and
Fred Fuerst & Sara
Beech
for organizing the collection of the beads and the production
of the Postcards. |
| 8/9 |
SEPT 3 JEAN BARUCH
FlameTree Glass
in Roswell is sponsoring a beadmaking day on Sat Sept 3. Jean
Baruch (BOC CEO) who founded and oversees the program will be there
so it is a good time to meet her. When we get the time and more details
from
FlameTree Glass
we will post it here or you can call them at
(678) 795-1702
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| 8/9 |
SPACE BEADS IN ATLANTA
The Beads in Space from the
Endeavor mission are back and are about to go on tour. They will be at
the Children's Hospital of Atlanta on Friday, Sept 2 from 4-6pm.
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| 8/9 |
BOC EVENT RESCHEDULED
The BOC Celebration of Courage Event for the Atlanta Hospitals will be
rescheduled from October until a date to be announced. When we
know what the new date is, we will post it here. |
| 8/9 |
BACK FROM THE GATHERING
- Lots more SF members (Bill and Jennifer, Gerry and Steph, Sylvie &
Griffin, Robin Snuttjer, Valerie S and Marcy) in addition to the ones
pictured below attended the Louisville Gathering. Make sure to
come to the Aug 20th meeting to hear all about it
(Photo by Marcy Lamberson)
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JULY 2011 |
| 7/18 |
BOC DAY
FlameTree Glass will hold and all day Beads of Courage Beadmaking
Day on Saturday, Sept 3. |
| 7/18 |
BOC DREAM
BEADS A Beads of Courage Dream Bead is a custom bead made
in response to a specific request by a child in the BOC program.
The "child gets a postcard that says “If I could have my Dream
Bead it would look like:___________________.” Beads of Courage collects
the cards and then tries to match each request as closely as they can"
with a specific beadmaker. The beads are distributed at
Celebration of Courage Events at the hospital where the child gets
treatment. The next Celebration of Courage event for the Atlanta
Hospitals is still to be scheduled. If you would like to be a Dream Bead
maker, get in touch with Robert Simmons or with Lori Greenberg using the
following link
http://www.beadsofcourage.org/contact.htm |
| 7/18 |
GATHERING BEADS
If you are not going to the Gathering but have a bead that you would
like to donate to the ISGB Silent Auction, bring them to
Beads by Design
and Gerry White will transport them to Louisville for you. Contact
Gerry via email at Gerry White
(white_18847@msn.com) |
| 7/18 |
SF BEAD EXCHANGE
Start getting your bead made and wrapped for our Annual Bead Exchange.
It will take place at our August Meeting. This is how a bead exchange
works:
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| 7/8 |
SILENT AUCTION BEADS
ISGB is looking for more bead donations for their silent auction event
held at the Gathering. Even if you are not going to the Gathering,
please bring a bead along with your business card to the next SF meeting
on Wed 7/13 that you are willing to donate.
Beads can also be left at Beads by Design any time until July 25th or at
Flametree Glass until July26th.
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| 7/7 |
BOC KIDS LIKE
... The Web Mama apologizes for not remembering the source of the
information but it is important enough to include anyway - it is about
the types of beads that the Beads of Courage kids in three age groups
really, really like.
- Age 3 and Under - Big Beads; Cartoon character beads
and for little girls Princess Themed beads
- Age 9 - Animal, Sports and also Character beads.
- Teens - "Cute" beads, Animal Beads, pretty and unusual beads
The author also wrote "what
we as bead makers think of as pretty beads are often the last ones
picked, the children like things they can identify with themselves in
some way. and food related beads fly out of the place.. cakes, cupcakes,
hot dogs, ice cream cones, even .. fried egg beads."
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| 7/7 |
SYLVIE LANSDOWNE BEADING
CLASSES Sylvie, who teaches all over the country, will
be teaching two beading classes at Beads by Design on September 16,
17th, and 18th. The projects Sylvie will be teaching are
Springalicious (left) and Flora Flora Boom Boom (right).
For details and cost or to registration, call Beads by Design at
(770)425-3909
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| 7/7 |
BBD JULY-AUG CLASSES
The class schedule for July and August Classes at Beads by Design is now
available on their website.
Click
here to go to their
website. Classes are listed by month on the bottom left. BBD
offers classes in Beading, Lampworking and Metalsmithing. |
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JUNE 2011 |
| 6/22 |
JEN GELDARD
CLASS LOTTERY
Jennifer Geldard, a nationally known beadmaker, will be teaching two 2day
classes for Southern Flames in October. (Oct 6/7 & Oct 8/9) The lottery for class places
will be held at this meeting. Click here for detailed
Class Information and bead photos. Click here for
Lottery/Registration Form. |
| 6/20 |
FLAMETREE
WORKSHOPS FlameTree has announced its summer workshops and
classes in for beginner and intermediate glass beadmakers.
Also LOTS of borosilicate classes.
Click here to see what is
available and to register.
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MAY 2011 |
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5/27 |
BBD JUNE CLASSES
The class schedule for June Classes at Beads by Design is now available
on their website.
Click
here to go to their
website. Classes are listed by month on the bottom left. BBD
offers classes in Beading, Lampworking and Metalsmithing. |
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5/22 |
FRABEL PHOTOS
Photos of Hans Godo Frabel, his work, his demo at our May Meeting are
now available in the SF
Scrapbook:
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5/22 |
FLAMETREE CLASS
Sylvie Lansdowne and Marcy Lamberson will be doing a
Sculptural bead demo at FlameTree Glass on June 2nd 6-8 PM
Click here
for more info. |
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5/22 |
JAN GELDARD CLASS
Jan Geldard will be teaching two workshops in Oct - Oct 6,7 and 8,9.
More information and the Lottery Date will be available soon. |
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5/1 |
MORE BEADS IN FLIGHT
Congratulations to Don Meadows,
Kristy Nijenkamp
and Marcy Lamberson who along with Robert Simmons (see
below) have also had their beads selected to go up on the last Space
Shuttle flight. |
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5/1 |
SHE SCULPTS
SEASHELLS Marcy Lamberson will be teaching Seashells
and Starfish beads at FlameTree Glass on Saturday June 4th 12-2PM. |
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5/1 |
WELCOME TO THE NEW BOARD
The 2011-2012 Southern Flames Board begins serving today.
Sylvie Lansdowne
Co-president:
Margo Knight
Vice President: Sara Beach
Treasurer: Camille Simmons
Secretary: Marie Shackelford
Meeting Coordinator: Stephanie White
Event Coordinator: Marcy Lamberson
And many, many thanks to our outgoing Board
members Becky Sizemore (co-president); Martha Fuerst
(treasurer); Diane Kovach (vice-president) and Suzanne
Patterson (event coordinator). |
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APRIL 2011 |
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4/27 |
FLAMETREE GLASS DEMO SCHEDULE
Starting in May, FlameTree glass will be hosting a special
evening demo every month at their store in Roswell. On Thursday, May 5 at
6-8 PM, Magnum Mangkang and Lance McRorie will demo blown glass
goblets. To see the full demo schedule through December,
click here. For directions to the store, go to
www.flametreeglass.com |
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4/27 |
INTO SPACE Two of
Robert Simmons beads will be going up in space on the last mission of the
Endeavor and there is an article about Robert, his beads and his work for
the Beads of Courage Program on the Georgia State Website.
Click here to
read the article. |
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4/27 |
DREAM BEADS Southern
Flames member, Sara Beach, has written an article about the BOC Dream
Beads program for Persephone Magazine which is a "daily blog for clever,
bookish women"!
Click here to read it. |
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4/27 |
MICHAEL BARLEY TOOL
Michael Barley (who just taught an amazing glass for SF) designed a
new lentil making tool that he now has available for sale in his Etsy store.
If you want to make perfect lentils like Michael Barley, start your journey by
clicking here. |
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4/5 |
BBD CLASSES
The schedule of classes to be given at Beads by Design in April is now
available on their website.
Click
here to go to their
website. Classes are listed by month on the bottom left. |
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MARCH 2011 |
| 3/28 |
20% DISCOUNT Southern
Flames new membership year begins May 1. We have a fabulous new
benefit for members whose dues are paid for 2011 - a card entitling the
member to a 20% discount on items purchased at FlameTree Glass.
So pay your dues on time and make the most of this benefit. |
| 3/28 |
SE REGIONAL DIRECTOR
We are so glad to report that Gerry White. owner of Beads By
Design has been elected to serve another term as SouthEast Regional
Director for ISGB. |
| 3/28 |
13,200 !!!! Thirteen
thousand, two hundred is the phenomenal number of donated beads that
Marcy Lamberson's Cricket Torch Raffle generated for the Beads of
Courage kids. Marcy is a marketing genius and besides that makes
wonderful beads.
Click here to see some of them. Also, keep in mind that on
June 4 at FlameTree Glass Marcy will be offering a 2 hour workshop
entitled Shells and Starfish.
Click here for details. |
| 3/28 |
SPARKLE AND BLOOM
Sylvie Lansdowne will be teaching a 2 hour workshop at FlameTree
Glass on Tues April 5th at 5-7 PM. Sylvie writes "In
this 2 hour workshop, we will focus on simple floral shapes and the use
of pixie dust. Students will learn to create an entirely new color
palette, including HOT PINK and deep purple by combining traditional
soft-glass colors with mica powder (pixie dust).
Click here for more information. |
| 3/28 |
VISION AIRLINES
For those of you planning on attending the 2011 Gathering in Louisville,
we here that Vision Airlines is offering good fares. Check them
out at
http://www.visionairlines.com/index.html |
| 3/28 |
BEADS FOR BOC
Before the Meeting on April 16, from 1-6PM, torches and glass will be
available to make beads for the Beads of Courage Kids. Bring your
own safety glasses and tools. |
| 3/28 |
BEADING ACROSS AMERICA
Margie Deeb will be at Beads by Design on Sat April 16 3PM-
6PM to discuss and autograph her brand new book Beading Across
America.
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| 3/11 |
POSTCARD BEADS DUE 3/19 If
you would like to have one of your beads on the Southern Flames Postcard
that is included in the Gathering Postcard Box, bring it to the meeting
on March 19 or mail it to Becky Sizemore at 505 Princeton Way NE,
Atlanta GA 30307 before the 19th. Click here for
info and
submission form. |
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FEBRUARY 2011 |
| 2/28 |
FRED FUERST GATHERING AWARD.
Congratulations to Fred Fuerst on winning a free Gathering Registration
and 3 night hotel stay. (See the letter below from Alethia Donathan.)
He should win another award for all he does for us at Southern Flames.
"Dear Fred,.... Hope all is
well. On behalf of ISGB I would like to take this opportunity
to thank you for volunteering at the Rochester Gathering. Each
year the ISGB Gathering relies on members such as you who take
extra time out of their schedule to volunteer at the
conference. I am pleased to announce that you were randomly
chosen as a recipient of a 2011 Hyatt Award for Volunteerism.
The Hyatt Award will include a complimentary full conference
registration and a three-night stay in an upgraded room at the
Hyatt Louisville. ... Please confirm your acceptance of this
award by replying back to me at this e-mail. ..... Again,
congratulations "
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| 2/28 |
SALE AT BBD
Beads by Design is celebrating its 13th Anniversary with a 4 day
sale. On Thurs through Saturday, March 3-5, everything in the
store will be 20% off. Thank you to Gerry White and Beads
by Design for all they have done to support Southern Flames during their
13 years in business. |
| 2/28 |
THE ART OF SCIENCE; THE ART
OF CARING Georgia State University just published a
wonderful article about Robert Simmon's work with the Beads of Courage
program.
Click here to read it. |
| 2/24 |
PMC BEAD
TUTORIAL Joan Houghton-Theall has sent us a copy of a
wonderful illustrated tutorial she presented to the PMC Guild on making
beads from silver clay. It also include as section on making
hollow beads on a silver clay core.
Click here to read it and we will also put a copy in the Tips and
Techniques section. Thank you, Joan. (Note - it takes a
couple of minutes for the file to download because there are lots of
photos). |
| 2/24 |
BOC/ CRICKET CONTEST ENDS
SOON Reminder - If you want to have a chance to win the
Cricket Torch that Marcy Lamberson is raffling off, send in your
donation or your beads. The deadline in Feb 28th.
Click here for all the details
and also to see all the wonderful beads that were donated. |
| 2/24 |
DEMOPALOOZA
PHOTOS Photos from our fabulous DemoPalooza are available in our
scrapbook. There are lots of them!
Click here to look at them. |
| 2/24 |
BBD MARCH SCHEDULE
The schedule of classes to be given at Beads by Design in March is now
available on their website.
Click
here to go to their
website. Classes are listed by month on the bottom left. |
| 2/3 |
THE FLOW
Congratulations to Marcy Lamberson, Robin Snuttjer and Kristy
Nijenkamp who are featured in the Women In Glass Winter Issue of
The Flow Magazine. |
| 2/3 |
MICHAEL BARLEY
HURRY! Only one spot left in
the Michael Barley Classes - it is in the Thurs/Friday class on March
17/18. Click here for
class details. |
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JANUARY 2011 |
| 1/28 |
BOC at GWINNETT MEDICAL
CENTER Robert Simmons just sent us this link to an article
featuring two children who are part of the Beads of Courage Program at
Gwinnett Medical Center. One is a 3 week old infant in the
Neonatal Unit.
Click here to read the article and be sure to scroll all the way to
the bottom. |
| 1/27 |
ANNUAL GARAGE SALE
SF will have its annual Garage Sale at the February 16 Meeting.
Click here for details. |
| 1/27 |
SF GATHERING SCHOLARSHIP
For the past few years, Southern Flames has sponsored a scholarship to
the annual ISGB Gathering. Applicants are evaluated by an ISGB
committee but members of Southern Flames are considered first for this
scholarship. This years Gathering is in Louisville KY and is
drivable so a scholarship will go a long way in financing your
attendance. For details about how to apply,
click here. For advice and/or more information you may want to
contact Marie Shackelford or Suzanne Patterson, past SF Scholarship
winners. |
| 1/27 |
WIN A CRICKET
Marcy Lamberson is is "paying it forward" by putting up the GTT
Cricket Torch that she won in the FlameTree Christmas competition as a
prize in a brand new raffle to support Beads of Courage. For every
25 beads you make for the BOC kids or for every $25.00 you donate to the
BOC program, you get one chance to win the Cricket.
Click here for all the details. |
| 1/27 |
POSTCARD BEAD
It is time to start thinking about the bead you want included on 2011
Southern Flames postcard. Deadline for submitting the bead will be
in March - exact date to be announced soon. |
| 1/27 |
SPARKLE &
BLOOM Sylvie Lansdowne will be teaching a 2 hr class
on using Pixie Dust at FlameTree Glass on Feb 12,
Click
here for details |
| 1/27 |
BEADED COUTURE!
Beaded Couture Bead Store has moved from Conyers to Snellville.
New address is 3355 Hwy 78, Ste B Phone is 678 698 9433. For
more info check out our
Atlanta Area Bead Store section. |
| 1/9 |
NEWNAN GA New beading store - Cherrygons Beading Gallery -
opening in Newnan GA. Listed also in Atlanta Area Bead Store
section.
Cherrygons
Beading Gallery (aka THE BEAD STORE)
NEW
4046 Highway 154 (Sharpsburg
McCollugh exit off 85)
Newnan,
GA 30265
770-502 8110
http://www.cherrygonsbeadinggallery.com
E-mail
nicenusa@aol.com
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| 1/6 |
PARTY PHOTOS
Marcy Lamberson took photos at our Holiday Party and they are now
posted in our scrapbook.
Click here
to see them. |
| 1/6 |
B&B 2011
BEAD This year's Bead&Button Show commemorative bead
is by Sara Sally LaGrand who we are lucky to have teaching at
Southern Flames later this month.
Click here if you want to see the bead and/or order it.
It is smashing!
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| 1/6 |
BOC ON CBS TV
If you missed the CBS Sunday Morning segment about Beads of Courage, you
can still see by clicking on this link:
CBS
Sunday Morning - Beads of Courage |
| 1/4 |
DEMOPALOOZA
Click
here to read the new January edition of the Southern Flames
Newsletters with all the details about Demopalooza starting at our Sat
Jan 22 meeting and continuing on Sunday. The newsletter will also
explain how to order lunch and a special DemoPalooze T-shirt which is
FABULOUS. Thank you Sylvie Lansdowne!
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| 1/4 |
MICHAEL BARLEY CLASS LOTTERY
Michael Barley will be
teaching 2 classes for Southern Flames on March 17-18, 2011 and March
19-20, 2011 The lottery for these classes will take place at the January
Meeting on Sat 1/22. If you are not going to be at the meeting,
checks are due to Martha Fuerst by Jan 21Click here for
class details and for the
lottery form. |
| 1/4 |
BBD JAN FEB MAR CLASSES
The Beads by Design class schedule for January, February and March has
been posted on their website. It includes classes in Beading as
well a Metalwork and Lampwork.
Click
here to go to their website. Classes are listed by month on
the bottom left. |
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